Musical Mayhem
Last week Dave turned on the TV, and then called me over. “Look!” he exclaimed, pointing at the screen. The Monkees were on, and he knows I just love them. I grinned and sat on the arm of the couch to see what song was coming up. As the song started, I recognized it right [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Sudden Silence Tags: Hearing Loss Late-Deafened vm Source Type: blogs
Deaf not Different.
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Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
6 years old.
This post is 5 days overdue thanks to our internet being down in our house. Thanks Verizon. It's hard to believe that was me 6 years ago. I found this picture going through my digital files and had a wave of both sadness and joy come over me at th... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Live*Laugh*Love*Family Tags: ASL Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
Kindergarten IEP
Kindergarten is around the corner for Danny, amazing as that is to believe, and with that came the Mother Of All IEPs. 13 people crammed into a conference room to make it happen, requiring use of “wonky” chairs (their word!) relegated to the corner of the room…and for a second, as we piled in like [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Ordinary Miracles Tags: Hearing Loss vm Source Type: blogs
I look so I can hear…. 2013-02-08 09:23:23
Ten-year-old Ruby Tuckley from Wallingford taught sign language to her fellow pupils and staff at St John’s Primary School in Wallingford for a charity world record breaker yesterday (February 6, 2013). Ruby and her Mum Hannah Bullen, who is deaf, were joined by pupils and SignHealth’s mascot, Olli the monkey for the sign2sing world [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Tina Tags: Cochlear Implant Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
ASLI: The problem, or the Solution ?
Staggering negative responses via ASLI to assist their deaf customer, which suggest the ASLI is not really compliant about it. Go do it yourself seems to be the answer, well, we ARE doing it for ourselves, but that&n... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
In Which We’re Headed To The Hospital
Connor had six seizures today, and enough is enough. The neurologist would like Connor to have another EEG before he figures out which medication he'd like to change (or add), so we're going in for one tomorrow morning. It's going to make f... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Connor's Song Tags: ASL Deaf Hard-of-Hearing SEE vm Source Type: blogs
Good Evening Acadiana- KATC TV 3
I just received a phone call from KATC TV 3 and they want to air our story about Hunter and the advancements in research for Usher Syndrome. They are coming over bright and early tomorrow morning and airing the story at 5pm tomorrow (Friday). Be on the... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Hunter's Mommy Tags: Uncategorized VB Source Type: blogs
Audism revisited ?
I'd like to say sorry to long suffering Americans for revisiting this, but I was asked. As some sort of response to John Savva (Hi John), who asked about interviewing me about the audism term ? I don't do surveys or interv... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf VB Source Type: blogs
On to a positive note!
I got an email from the researcher, Jennifer Lentz, from LSU in New Orleans on Tuesday. She said her article had been published about her drug therapy that she is testing on mice who have Usher 1C. This is VERY exciting news for the entire Usher Commun... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Hunter's Mommy Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
Warren Estabrooks: A Career in Auditory-Verbal Practice
What inspired you to become an Auditory-Verbal therapist? I was a teacher by profession and had alway taught in mainstream classrooms in the city of Toronto. In my 7th year of teaching, I went on [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Cochlear Implant Online Tags: AVT Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
Saying it with flowers, and sign…
SAM Papworth is loving every minute of her job. In fact, she’s blossoming into a star trainee.The 23-year-old from Hartlepool has spent just under a year at the Florians florists shop on the Brus Corner in town. Bosses say she has picked up everythin... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: At The Rim Tags: Deaf vm Source Type: blogs
Stuff My Deaf Kid Can Do
I've been thinking about this a lot over the past several months. Quite often, someone will see CJ or Liam do something and say, "Wow! I didn't know a Deaf kid could do that". I love being able to demonstrate that my boys are just like everyone e... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: From Silence to Song Tags: Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
House happenings
Still playing catch up around here. Not sure what all I mentioned on Monday but figured I'd mention a few things here. Bojan received some awards today. I know one was A/B honor roll and one was a character trait award of fairness.&nb... (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Stephanie Tags: Auditory/Oral Cochlear Implant vm Source Type: blogs
Writing, Public Showers & Parenting
How and why do I write? Living in this large family provides many moments that are meant to be shared (for good reasons and not-so-good reasons). Unfortunately, I don’t record them as much as I’d like. By the end of the day, I usually just want to collapse in bed. I fully admit to being [...] (Source: Deaf Village)
Source: Deaf Village - February 7, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Authors: Carey Tags: Uncategorized vm Source Type: blogs
